washingtonpost.com – Five illegal immigrants formally applied for deportation relief Tuesday at federal immigration offices in Chicago, kicking off what they and their supporters called a campaign to come out of the shadows and press President Obama to provide legal protection to millions of undocumented immigrants who are settled and working in the U.S. Following a sidewalk news conference, the group entered the regional headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security and presented individual petitions to officials along with detailed information about themselves.